All news on the topic: Coronavirus

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Brits warned of holiday scams including fake hotel stays and phone Covid tests
Experts from scams.info have given their advice for how to avoid getting caught out and losing cash by Covid test, taxi, wifi and hotel scams while abroad this year
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Love Island bosses ‘eye up’ Molly-Mae lookalike model for winter series
The winter version of Love Island will be kickstarting on Monday January 16 in South Africa, with Maya Jama as host
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Everything we know about Omicron 'Kraken' variant expected to take off in UK
Virus experts have said they 'expect' the Omicron variant XBB.1.5 to emerge in UK. The sub-variant already makes up about four per cent of cases in the UK, but has caused concern in the US where figures are at 40 per cent
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New Covid variant XBB.1.5 is the 'most transmissible yet' warns the WHO
The new Covid subvariant XBB.1.5, which has seen a rise from 4% to 41% of US infections during December, is the "most transmissible yet" warned the World Health Organisation
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Calpol 'non-existent' as basic medicines run low and flu, Covid and StrepA surge
Health chiefs have issued a warning about low supplies of common cold and flu medicines as pharmacists struggle to get hold of Calpol, throat lozenges and some painkillers
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Bodies burned in streets of China as Covid soars and funeral homes overwhelmed
Funeral homes and hospitals in China have said they have been overwhelmed, as international health experts predicted 2.1 million Covid deaths in the coming months
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UK running out of cold and cough medicines - but Brits warned not to panic
Pharmacy chiefs have warned of a concerning shortage in cough and cold medicines this winter amid cases of flu and Covid. The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies has said shortages are on the back of supply chain issues
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'Covid ruined Christmas - if are not utterly selfish please wear a mask'
Polly Hudson had a miserable festive break after catching Covid. And with 500 people dying unnecessarily each week, she says masks are a simple way of turning things around. But first she has to convince the stubborn blowhards...
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UK defends refusing to make Chinese travellers isolate if they arrive with Covid
Travellers to England from China will be offered two Covid tests, but the second will be voluntary and not require people to isolate if it comes back positive
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Mum with Covid told to 'grow up' after being 'banned' from family Christmas
A woman was left stranded at an airport after one of her parents' uninvited her from their Christmas celebrations after she tested positive for Covid on arrival
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Girl, 12, who needs feeding tube due to Long Covid desperate for old life back
Tillie Adams, from East London, has endured her third miserable festive season since becoming seriously ill with Covid, and doesn't know if she'll ever be able to do the things she loves again
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'Highly infectious' Covid strain now responsible for 1 in 25 cases across the UK
The XBB 1.5 variant is a type of Omicron and is said to be more infectious as it spreads quickly and appears to evade people's vaccine protection
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Doctor raised tenant's rent and used parrot excuse to evict him during pandemic
Dr Amy Eskander was handed the hefty fine after throwing out her tenant during the pandemic despite him being protected by his job, and then using his parrot as an excuse
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Life on one of the UK's cheapest streets where homes sell for just £25,000
Property data suggests Meadow Street in Accrington, Lancashire, is one of the cheapest in the UK, with one home having been valued at £25,000 in recent months